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Dallas Seavey Overcomes Early Adversity to Become Six-Time Iditarod Champion

2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey, holds an oversized check above his head as the crowd on Front Street celebrates his victory.

2024 Iditarod Champion, Dallas Seavey, holds an oversized check above his head as the crowd on Front Street celebrates his victory. (Ben Townsend photo) Ben Townsend, News Director Dallas Seavey entered the history books with a dominant performance in the 2024 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, claiming a record sixth victory. Seavey emerged as the […]

‘Look out for the Nanooks’ this sporting season

With interview assist from Francisco Martinezcuello of KYUK A total of 131 high school wrestlers gathered at Bethel Regional High School (BRHS) last week (Oct. 13-14) for the first wrestling tournament of the season. Several Nome Nanooks competed in their respective weight classes at the Bethel Scramble. A total of 350 matches were wrestled.  Corey […]

XC teams battle fog and terrain at State Championships

Over the past weekend, highschool cross country teams from across Alaska traveled to Palmer to compete in the last competition of the season, the ASAA State Championships. At the end of September (Sep. 30), the Nanooks cross-country team traveled to Bethel to compete in the 3A Big West Meet. The results revealed AwaLuk Nichols, Lauren […]

Six Nanooks will compete in XC State Championships

Members of the Nanooks cross-country team have repeatedly broken personal records and run seasonal best times at various cross-country meets this season. Last weekend, the team traveled to Bethel to compete for a spot in the ASAA Cross-Country State Championships. On Saturday (Sep. 31), high school cross-country teams from Northwest Alaska gathered at ‘The Pit’ […]

Nanooks X/C bring fierce competition, creating new personal records

The Nome-Beltz Nanooks won the Nome Classic Invitational cross country meet this past weekend. Photo: Laura Kraegel, KNOM.

Intense competition gathered at Anvil Mountain on Saturday (Sep. 16) for the annual Nome-Beltz X/C Invite, which occurs mid-September every year. More than one hundred contestants competed in the 5K on the sunny Saturday afternoon. Twelve schools competing in the Invite represented the Bering Strait communities of Nome, Kotzebue, White Mountain, Shishmaref, Gambell, Savoonga, Shaktoolik, […]

Nanooks X/C team makes personal records against Kotzebue

Fall sports are in full swing for high school students, and the Nome-Beltz cross country team started the season strong. The Mighty Nanooks cross country team experienced intense competition against the Kotzebue Huskies over the weekend (Sep. 8-9), with each runner achieving their fastest times of the season.  On Friday (Sep. 8), the Nanooks C […]